FEA, or Finite Elements Analysis, is a technique that uses virtual simulation technology to examine how a product design reacts to physical effects. These physical effects can include vibration, heat, fluid flow, and other impact. Engineers can use FEA tools to identify design flaws and evaluate them early in the design process. This will allow us to identify and prevent premature failures. This allows us to rapidly explore new design options to reduce cost and weigh, as well as determine the product's safety factor. FEA is a combination of design software that makes it easy for engineers to make these decisions in a short time. Solidworks simulation package is here to help. Solidworks is a robust and well-designed design package that allows you to create complex 3D models, surfaces, sheet metals, and many other things. This allows seamless transitions between the simulation interface and the design interface. This greatly reduces time in the design phase, and allows users to take on more projects. Solidworks simulation allows you to simulate the product's real-world physical behavior by virtual testing it. Solidwork Simulation Suite allows you to run dynamic, linear, and non-linear analysis.
This course is intended to provide the foundation knowledge necessary to perform FEA simulations using Solidworks. This course is ideal for anyone just starting to learn FEA.
This course will teach you Week 1. In this week you will learn what FEA is, and the various types of FEA analysis.
Week 2: This week you will learn about Solidworks. We will then have a brief discussion about the Solidworks modelling interface before we move into the Solidworks Simulation environment. We will then do some basic FEA simulations like the simulation of a cantilever beam.
Week 3: This week we'll be performing Solidworks FEA simulations in 1D, 2D, and 3. We will then do a parametric analysis on the model in order to optimize its study using simulation data.
Week 4: This week we will discuss the various FEA simulation modules in solidworks. We will also be performing simple simulations.
